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JOSEPH ll. HUMPHREYS, OF PENNSVILLE, NEW JERSEY.

Letters .Patent No. 71,759, dated December 3, 1867; antetlatefl IVovenn'ier 23, 1867.

IMPROVED TIRE-FORGE-HEATING APPARATUS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY OONGERN:

Be it known that I, J. R. HUMPIIREYS, of Pennsville, Salem county, New Jersey, have invented an Improved Tire-Forge; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, c lcar, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention consists of a casing arranged for the reception of a tire, and for application to a smiths forge, as fully described hereafter, so that the tires may be heated by the lire of the said forge-the necessity of erecting the usual stationary tire-t`orges, and ot' employing any otheriire than that of the usual forge, being thus avoided. v

In order to enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will now proceed to describe its construction and the manner in which it is used, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 isa side elevation of my improved chef01-ge.

Figure 27a sectional elevation on the line 1 2, fig. 1; and

Figure 3, a sectional elevation on the line 3-4, iig. 2.

A is a box, of thin boiler-iron, which is open at the bottom, and is contracted at the top, where it communieates through an opening, c, with an annular casing, I3. One side of the casing B is permanently closed, and to the opposite side are hung two curved doors, b Z1. At one end of the box A is a door, a, and through the top of the casing B projects an outlet-pipe, d. Y l

The box A is placed upon the hearth of a smiths forge, so as to cover the lire. 'lhe tires to be heated are introduced into the casing B, so as to encircle the inner shell, x, of the casing, on which they are suspended, as shown in red lines, iig. 1. The doors are closed, and wood or other easily ignited fuel is introduced into the box A, anden to the ire of the forge. The products o`t` combustion are directed by the blast from the tuyeres of the forge into the box A, through the opening e, through the casing B, and out of the latter through the pipe d, the flame and heated gases, in their passage through the casing I3, passing in contact with and heating every portion of the tires suspended within the casing. Y

When the tires have been heated andremoved, the box A, with the casing, maybe detached from the forge, and the latter can then be employed, as usual, for other purposes. I

By the use of a movable casing for the reception of the tires, and which can be applied to a smith's forge, so as to receive the products of combustion from the latter, the necessity of erecting expensive stationary tireforges is avoided, while a considerable saving of fuel is effected.'

I do not claim broadly an annular casing for receiving a tire, and in which the latter may be heated, but

I-elaim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The casing B and box A, constructed for the reception of' a tire, and for application to a smiths forge, substantially as described.

V'In testimony whereof, I have signed my na'me to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH R. HUMPIIREYS.

`Witnesses:

CHARLES E. Fosrnu, W. J. R. DELANY. 

